1. A French jazz funk group from the seventies.
Key members were Alain Mion (Piano) and Alain Gandolfi (drums, percussion). Cortex recorded several albums and singles for the Sonodisc label. 2 albums got re-issued: 'Troupeau Bleu' (on 'Dare-Dare') and 'Volume 2' (on 'Follow Me').
2. A Swedish punk or post-punk band from Gothenburg.
Freddie Wadling sang the songs, played bass and wrote all the songs. Freddie Wadling had earlier played in many important swedish punk-bands as Liket Lever, Rukorna, and The Leather Nun, But Cortex was his own creation. Best Album is "Spinal Injuries" from 1980, with standout track "The Freaks" a song that should be worldfamous! It's the absolute pinnacle of swedish post-punk!
Cortex became Blue For Two (Freddie Wadling and Henryk Lipp) a New Wave-Synth Duo. After that Freddie Wadling worked with Fläskkvartetten, a string quartet concrete, then he went totally solo, and release albums in swedish as Freddie Wadling. He also did a full album with interpretations (covers) of Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart). There's loads more from this unique swedish artist. Check out this adress for more: http://www.freddiewadling.net/
3. A Spanish [Torrelavega (Cantabria)] metalcore band, playing since 1997. They released two albums "¿QUECOJONES ME PASA?" (2002) and in 2007 "LA DIGNIDAD DE LOS AVASALLADOS"
4. Cortex was Alain Neffe’s musical project before he started Bene Gesserit in 1982, his duo with partner Nadine Bal aka Benedict G. In 1981-82, the latter was then manager for Belgian New Wave band Digital Dance. Cortex was active between 1978 and 1982, their music focusing on electronic ambient tonalities and female poetry reading (in French), with tracks merely numbered by their respective letters – so presumably the entire Cortex output amounts to 26 tracks. Cortex A, B and C appeared on Insane Music For Insane People #01, 1981. Other tracks appeared on other compilations on Insane or elsewhere. ‘Souvenir/souvenirs’ is probably Cortex’s only full length release. The Belgian label Grafika Airlines published this tape as a joint release with Insane Music in 1984. My copy is the undated, Insane Music issue. Music-wise: The unsettling, metaphysical synth washes make one feel uneasy with their menacing tonalities, not unlike the 1972 Solaris soundtrack by Edward Artemiev. The readers are very young women just out of teenagehood. Their poetry deals with day-to-day concerns of late night cafés, neon lights, jukeboxes, the difficulty to find one’s place in society, lost love and lack thereof.
5. Cortex is a Macedonian death metal band that started playing in 2012. Short biography taken from their Facebook page: The story began in 2012 when the vocalist gathered up the drummer and the lead guitar player.We started to play thrash but we were not that type of guys,so after our first 2 songs we were struggling to write thrash metal and we simply turned into more brutal and darker stuff then before. That's the story behind us and here we are,making good music for our pleasure and the scene.
Keep it real, stay metal! https://www.facebook.com/cortexmk
6. Cortex is a spirited combo that plays energetic jazz of the finest brand. They have been active since 2007, and have performed over two hundred live-performances and released five critically acclaimed albums. The quartet consists of Thomas Johansson - trumpet, Kristoffer Alberts - saxophones, Ola Høyer - double bass, and Gard Nilssen - drums. The band positions itself as one of the strongest additions to the Norwegian jazz scene, and the members are amongst the most sought after young jazz performers in Norway today.
They all have also marked their position in several other constellations such as: Bushman’s Revenge, Puma, PNL Large Unit, SAKA, All Included, Zanussi 5, Friends & Neighbors, Honest John, and The Heat Death.
For some reason the Australian rapper ‘Cortext’ redirects here also?
Troupeau Bleu
Cortex Lyrics
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Couches toi dans la terre, respire le vent
Plonges dans la rivière des infinis blancs
Tes yeux bleus grands ouverts pour apeurer le temps
Comme une lueur
De nuages s'envolant
Comme un troupeau bleu, qui joue en volant
La roue les???, comme le temps
Le mystère envoyant dans un flanc???
Comme Ève et Adam, comme ton sang
Pousses ton triste rire d'or comme l'amour, poing en pleines dents
Comme s'envolant, le goéland
Comme une lueur
De nuages s'envolant
Comme un troupeau bleu, qui gronde en jouant
Comme une lueur
De nuages s'envolant
Comme un troupeau bleu, qui brûle en grognant
Comme souffle le vent, comme jouent toujours les enfants
La roue les???, comme le temps
Le mystère envoyant dans un flanc???
Comme Eve et Adam, comme ton sang
Pousses ton triste rire d'or comme l'amour, poing en pleines dents
Comme s'envolant, le goéland
The lyrics to Cortex's song "Troupeau Bleu" explore themes of nature, time, and human emotion. The first verse describes a scene of lightning in green skies, and encourages the listener to lay in the earth and breathe the wind, and to dive into a river of infinite white. The second verse includes a number of similes, comparing the playful motion of a blue herd to the wind and to children's games. The lyrics make reference to the mysteries of life, using the story of Adam and Eve as a symbol. The final line encourages the listener to laugh through their pain like the flight of a seagull.
The song's lyrics are poetic and open to interpretation, but they seem to be encouraging the listener to connect with the beauty and freedom of nature, to embrace playfulness and laughter in the face of hardship, and to contemplate the deeper mysteries of life.
Line by Line Meaning
Lueur dans les ciels verts d'éclairs et troublant
There is a bright light in the green skies, with flashes that are both beautiful and unsettling
Couches toi dans la terre, respire le vent
Lie down in the earth and breathe in the wind
Plonges dans la rivière des infinis blancs
Dive into the river of infinite whiteness
Tes yeux bleus grands ouverts pour apeurer le temps
Your big open blue eyes are there to scare away time
Comme une lueur
Like a glimmer
De nuages s'envolant
Of clouds taking flight
Comme un troupeau bleu, qui joue en volant
Like a blue herd playing while flying
Comme souffle le vent, comme jouent toujours les enfants
Like the wind blowing, like children always play
La roue les???, comme le temps
The wheel ??? like time
Le mystère envoyant dans un flanc???
Sending the mystery into a side ???
Comme Ève et Adam, comme ton sang
Like Eve and Adam, like your blood
Pousses ton triste rire d'or comme l'amour, poing en pleines dents
Push out your sad golden laughter like love, punch teeth with fists
Comme s'envolant, le goéland
Like a seagull taking off
Contributed by Eliana A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.